The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS): Top stories concerning ancestral research in Britain, Ireland, and their diasporas, from Irish born Scottish based professional family historian, author and tutor Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit The GENES Blog if you do so. To contact me please email chrismpaton @ outlook.com.

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Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Limited (www.pharostutors.com) offers a range of online genealogical courses at an affordable rate. Courses range from two to five weeks in length. Each week there is a dedicated one hour interactive chat online with students and throughout each course there is also a dedicated discussion forum employed where questions and issues can be further examined.

I teach two Scottish courses with Pharos:Scottish Research OnlineScotland 1750 - 1850: Beyond the OPRs

Other Pharos courses include:Introduction to One-Name Studies Developing and Writing Your Family HistoryIreland: A Practical Approach to Family HistoryYour Military AncestorsThe Poor, The Parish and The Workhouse: Records in the 18th and 19th CenturiesAustralian Roots and BranchesAll About Parish RegistersApprenticeship RecordsMigration in the British Isles17th Century SourcesVictorian Crime and Punishment: Courts, police and prisons Researching Your Welsh Ancestors Professional Genealogist: Become one, become a better oneMy British Isles Origins: When and How do I Cross the Pond? Searching for Wills and Administrations in England and WalesManorial Records for Family and Local HistoriansClimbing Trees: How to get children interested in family historyBefore the Modern Census: Name-rich sources from 1690 to 1837Become a Better Genealogist: Research in England and WalesOrganising Your GenealogyNonconformity: its records and history 1600 - 1950The National Archives Catalogue - Finding PeopleOld Handwriting for Family Historians Advanced One-Name StudiesTying the Knot: Marriage and its RecordsEmployment Records Dead and Buried, Not Forgotten: Churchyards, Cemeteries and Their RecordsSo You Think You Know FamilySearch: A Guided TourThe Parish Chest: There was more to life than baptism, marriage and burial Victorian Families: Your Ancestors in the CensusDiscover Your Devon AncestorsGenetic Genealogy: DNA and Your ResearchResearching Irish Ancestors Before 1820Enclosure Maps and Records for Family HistoriansTithe Records for Family and Local History20th Century Surveys for Family and Local History

For more information on all Pharos courses, tutors, costs and availability, please visit www.pharostutors.com